Railway-joint



(No Model.)

A. BAGLEY. RAILWAY JOINT.

N0. 416,150. Patented Dec. 3, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALLEN BAGLEY, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.

RAILWAY-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,150, dated December 3, 1889.

Application filed July 24, 1889.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN BAGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ypsilanti, county of Nashtenaw, State of Michigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improve ment in a Railway-Joint; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in railway-joints; and it con? sists of the devices and appliances, their combinations and arrangements, as more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims, and more clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection adjacent to the spikes E. Fig. 3 is a vertical section adjacent to the bolts G, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the adjacent ends of the rails with the bolts G in section.

My invention contemplates the formation of a railway joint of superior firmness, durability, and economy in which the necessity of punching the ends of therails and the use of connecting-bolts passed commonly through the rails and fish-plates are entirely dispensed with. v

I carry out my invention as follows:

A A represent two railway-rails having their ends adjacent.

B B denote fish-plates, which are constructed to fit snug up in under the flanges A of the head or tread of the rail, the lower edge of said plates resting also upon the lower flanges A of the rail, respectively, the inner faces of the plates fitting in snugly against the neck A of the rail, as shown. The rails at their extremities are provided with an underlying bed-plate C, constructed with marginal upturned flanges c c.

D D denote key-plates having their outer margins resting against the flanges c c,-respectively, of the bed-plate, the inner edges of said key-plates projected against the fishplates 011 either side the rails. I prefer to groove the fislrplates longitudinally, as shown Serial No. 318,493. (No model.)

rail, and to permit the engagement of the key-plate between the rail and the bed-plate, as shown at b The key-plates may each be constructed with a downwardly extended flange d to fit in between the lower edge of the rail and the flange of the bed-plate adjacent thereto. The bed-plate is also perforated to receive suitable spikes by which it is held in place upon the ties. Thus the spikes E, I prefer to pass through the bedplate outside the key-plate, the heads of the spikes bearing upon said key-plates to prevent their displacement. At the extremities of the key-plates I prefer also to drive spikes F through the bed-plate into the tie beneath, the spikes F driven in contact with the edges of said key-plates. I prefer also to notch the adjacent flanges of the rail, as shown at a, to engage the spikes in order that the rails may be held thereby from creeping. I also prefer to recess the adjacent ends of the rails at their respective corners, as shown at a, to receive a squared bolt G on either side the rail, said bolts passing through the bed-plate and the corresponding key-plate, the head of the bolt being underneath the bed-plate and nuts commonly used to unite the fish-plates with the rails, while the joint is every way firm and strong. At the same time it is evident that there is greater durability, and will,

be far less wear than in fish-joints as ordinarily constructed. It will be observed that the strain when the cars are running over the joint is communicated from the rails, fishplates, and key-plates to the bed-plate,which is firmly spiked to the rail. The spikes E may be so driven as to draw the key-plates in firmly against the fish-plates.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a railway-joint, the combination of the bed-plate, the fish-plates constructedwith continuous longitudinal grooves respectively extending from end to end on the outer faces of said fish-plates, a continuous key engaging the bed-plate, and the groove of each of said fish-plates, the construction being such that the key-plates may be engaged in place from the ends of the fish-plates and of the bed-plates, substantially as set forth.

2. In a railway-joint, the combinatiomwith the railway-rails having the adjacent ends of their bases provided with corresponding recesses, of a bed-plate underlying said rails and constructed With marginal flanges, fishplates located against the neck of the rail and provided with longitudinal grooves, keyplates having their lower edges located between the edges of the base of the rail and the marginal flanges of the bed-plate and having their upper edges engaged in the grooves of the fish-plates, spikes driven through said base-plate with their heads overlapping the outer edges and the ends of the key-plate, and bolts passing through the baseplate, the recesses in the base of the rail and key-plate, and provided with tightening-n uts, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of tWo Witnesses.

ALLEN BAGLEY. Witnesses:

N. WRIGHT, CHAS. F. SALOW. 

